Category Archives: Research Type

A Link Prediction-Based Method for Identifying Potential Cooperation Partners: A Case Study on Four Journals of Informetrics

Network analysis, Research Examples, Research Type, ST&I indicators

Global academic exchange and cooperation have become an increasing trend in both academia and industry, but how to quickly and effectively identify potential partners is becoming an urgent problem. This paper proposes a link prediction-based model to help researchers identify partners from a large collection of academic articles in a given technological area. We initially construct a co-authorship network, and take a series of indices based on network and similarity of researchers into consideration. A fitting model of link prediction is then established, in which logistic regression analysis is involved. An empirical study on four journals of informetrics is conducted to demonstrate the reliability of the proposed method.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8481974

Author(s): Lu Huang, Yihe Zhu, Yi Zhang, Xiao Zhou, Xiang Jia
Organization(s): Beijing Institute of Technology
Source: 2018 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET)
Year: 2018

RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES, THE INVESTIGATION OF THEIR RELATIONS: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Research Examples, Research profiling

The objective of this article is to record the trends of study regarding the relationships between resources and capabilities, according to the Resourced Based View of the Firm. This document presents a review of the literature in its definitions and typologies from 1984 to 2016, followed by a bibliometric analysis of the investigations that evaluate relationships between resources and capabilities in themselves, during the period 2001-2016. For this analysis, we used records of the Web of Science, and subsequently processed them using VantagePoint®. The bibliometric analysis includes 5 indicators: annual productivity, productivity by countries, most influential authors, most productive magazines and most cited articles. A general low productivity was identified, being 2010 the year with the largest number of articles written and published. United States is the country with the highest academic activity related to the topic. The most cited articles were published in 2003 and the most productive authors have 3 publications each. Thus, important academic gaps are evident in this topic. Likewise, in the literature, no bibliometric reviews were found about the impact that certain resources can have on the development of entrepreneurial capabilities, which is why study paths related to this particular topic are suggested.

https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/halwpaper/hal-01744010.htm

Author(s): Mileidy Alvarez-Melgarejo, Martha Torres-Barreto
Organization(s): Universidad de Investigación y Desarrollo, Universidad Industrial de Santander
Source: EconPapers
Year: 2018

Analysis of publications in ISI and Scopus about Energy Policies in Wind Energy (full-text)

Research Examples, Research profiling

The energy planning of the countries has taken relevance for the governments, they must guarantee a stable supply avoiding the emissions of greenhouse gases. Therefore, the development of public policies that allow investment in clean energy has become a topic of discussion among the scientific community. To contribute to the analysis of this issue, this paper shows the status of WoS and Scopus publications on energy and wind power policies. A bibliometric analysis is carried out with 121 WoS documents and 225 Scopus documents between 1992 and 2017. The number of publications, journals, issues and authors with the greatest impact are analyzed and it conclude that policy issues are divided between acceptance public of technology and penetration costs.

For full-text http://www.ripublication.com/ijaer18/ijaerv13n17_31.pdf

Author(s): Natalia M. Acevedo-Prins, Luis M. Jiménez-Gómez, Miguel D. Rojas-Lopez
Organization(s): Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Source: International Journal of Applied Engineering Research
Year: 2018

Laser Additive Manufacturing: A Patent Overview

Research Examples, Research profiling

Additive manufacturing technologies have the potential to change the paradigm of manufacturing. In this scenario, the main objective of this research work is to gain, through a patent study, an overall view of the trends of laser-based additive manufacturing technologies. The database used in order to retrieve patent information is Patseer and the data have been analyzed through the text mining and analytics package called VantagePoint. From the data obtained it can be concluded that, Laser-based additive manufacturing is an emerging technology with huge market potential. Undoubtedly, China is the prime mover of basic research in this technology development. However, Germany and the United States are the ones who are developing the market applications.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96005-0_23

Author(s): Enara Zarrabeitia, Iñaki Bildosola, Rosa María Río Belver, Izaskun Alvarez, Ernesto Cilleruelo-Carrasco
Organization(s): University of the Basque Country
Source: Engineering Digital Transformation. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham
Year: 2018

Qualitative Patents Evaluation Through the Analysis of Their Citations. Case of the Technological Sectors in the Basque Country

Citation analysis, Patents, Research Examples, ST&I indicators

Patents are an output of the level of innovation of a company or region. Patent quantitative studies are performed by simply counting the number of these documents. For the qualitative evaluation, there is a certain consensus among the authors to consider the citations as the most adequate indicator. However, this indicator presents several problems regarding its correct interpretation. In the present study, in order to avoid the typical citation interpretation biases, a precise methodology is presented. As an illustrative example, we present a comparative study of the quality of patents in technological sectors of the Basque Country region over the period 1991–2011.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96005-0_28

Author(s): J. Gavilanes-Trapote, Ernesto Cilleruelo-Carrasco, I. Etxeberria-Agiriano, Gaizka Garechana, Alejandro Rodríguez Andara
Organization(s): University of the Basque Country
Source: Engineering Digital Transformation. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham
Year: 2018

Additive Manufacturing and Supply Chain: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Research Examples, Research profiling, Research Type

The additive manufacturing studies has been increased in the last years, positioning in the scientific community. This paper analyze the literature about the relation between Additive Manufacturing and Supply Chain, with the final purpose of giving an exhaustive vision and to present and initial parameter in future researches. Using a bibliometric analysis 497 published articles in the last 25 years were evaluated, 78 articles of which were selected that are related in the AM and SC topic, identifying the publishing tendency, the principles authors and the impact of the articles and the magazines. Also, there are knowledge networks and geographic location of the most influential countries.

DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96005-0_39

Author(s): Jairo Nuñez, Ángel Ortiz, Manuel Arturo Jiménez Ramírez,Jairo Alexander González Bueno, Marianela Luzardo Briceño
Organization(s): Pontificia Bolivariana University
Source: Engineering Digital Transformation. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham
Year: 2018

Collaboration Towards a More Inclusive Society: The Case of South African ICT4D Researchers

Network analysis, Research Examples, ST&I policy

In this study, research collaboration in the context of South African Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) researchers was investigated using a mixed methods approach. South Africa, a country with stark development challenges and on the other hand a well-established ICT infrastructure, provides an appropriate context for ICT4D research. Firstly, a quantitative analysis of South African research collaboration between 2003 and 2016 was conducted to determine the existing research collaboration patterns of South African ICT4D researchers. This is based on the publications in three top ICT4D journals namely the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), Information Technologies & International Development (ITID), and Information Technology for Development (ITD). The results show that most co-authored papers were intra-institutional collaborations, with limited inter-institutional collaboration between South African authors or between South African and other African authors. Secondly, interviews were conducted with South African researchers who emerged as inter- and intra-institutional collaborators to gain insight into the technology, drivers and barriers affecting South African research collaboration. We report our findings and discuss the implications for employing research collaboration as a mechanism for addressing inequality and supporting inclusion.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99605-9_6

Author(s): Judy van Biljon, Filistea Naude
Organization(s): University of South Africa
Source: This Changes Everything – ICT and Climate Change: What Can We Do? (IFIP International Conference on Human Choice and Computers 2018)
Year: 2018

Business intelligence through patent filings: An analysis of IP management strategies of ICT companies (full-text)

CTI, Patents, Research Examples, Strategic planning, Tech mining

Business intelligence enables enterprises to make effective and good quality business decisions. In the knowledge economy, patents are seen as strategic assets for companies as they provide a competitive advantage and at the same time ensure the freedom to operate and form the basis for new alliances. Publication or disclosure of intellectual property (IP) strategy based on patent filings is rarely available in the public domain. Because of this, the only way to understand IP strategy is to look at patent filings, analyze them and, based on the trends, deduce strategy. This paper tries to uncover IP strategies of five US and Indian IT companies by analyzing their patent filings. Gathering business intelligence via means of patent analytics can be used to understand the strategies used by companies in advocating their patent portfolio and aligning their business needs with patenting activities. This study reveals that the Indian companies are far behind in protecting their IPs, although they are now on course correction and have started aggressively protecting their inventions. It is also observed that the rival companies in the study are not directly competing with each other in the same technological domain. Different patent filing strategies are used by firms to gain a competitive advantage. Companies make use of disclosure as strategy or try to cover many aspects of a technology in a single patent, thereby signaling their dominance in a technological area and at the same time as they add information.

https://ojs.hh.se/index.php/JISIB/article/view/322/pdf

Author(s): Shabib-Ahmed Shaikh, Tarun Kumar Singhal
Organization(s): Symbiosis International University (SIU), Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies
Source: Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business
Year: 2018

Assessing manufacturing strategy definitions utilising text-mining

Biz lit, Research Examples, Research profiling, Tech mining

The variations in Manufacturing Strategy (MS) definitions create confusion and lead to lack of shared understanding between academic researchers and practitioners on its scope. The purpose of this study is to provide an empirical analysis of the paradox in the difference between academic and industry definitions of MS. Natural Language Processing (NLP) based text mining is used to extract primary elements from the various academic, and industry definitions of MS. Co-word and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) provide empirical support for the grouping into nine primary elements. We posit from the terms evolution analysis that there is a stasis currently faced in academic literature towards MS definition while the industry with its emphasis on ‘context’ has been dynamic. We believe that the proposed approach and results of the present empirical analysis can contribute to overcoming the current challenges to MS design and deployment – imprecise definition leading to its inadequate operationalisation.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207543.2018.1512764

Author(s): Sourabh Kulkarni, Priyanka Verma, R. Mukundan
Organization(s): National Institute of Industrial Engineering
Source: International Journal of Production Research
Year: 2018

 

Exploration of people centric organizational health dimensions: a study of Indian R&D organization

Biz lit, Data Type, Research Examples, Research profiling, Research Type, Strategic planning

The purpose of this paper is to identify the dimensions of organizational health with the help of existing literature and focus group discussion on organizational health. The study also tries to categorize various antecedents and consequences of organizational health.

Literature review was conducted with limited search word on organizational health using databases like Emerald, Ebsco and Science direct. Focus group discussions were performed at Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute and National Metallurgical Laboratory – laboratories of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, an Indian R&D organization. A total of 29 male and 6 female respondents participated in the focus group discussion.

The results showed that various dimensions of organizational health which were found using focus group discussions were in congruence with the literature reviewed on organizational health. The findings of focus group discussion also listed the antecedents and consequences of organizational health in an R&D organization.

The literature presented conflicting views on organizational health construct. The focus group discussion provided clarity on the dimensions of organizational health. An empirical research can be done on organizational health considering dimensions identified during the focus group discussion.

https://doi.org/10.1108/ICT-04-2018-0038

Author(s): Anupama Singh, Sumi Jha
Organization(s): National Institute of Industrial Engineering
Source: Industrial and Commercial Training
Year: 2018